Musar for Sanhedrin 91:16

ולא זו בלבד אמרו אלא כל המלין את מתו עובר בלא תעשה הלינהו לכבודו להביא לו ארון ותכריכים אינו עובר עליו

ONE OVER THE OTHER ANDHANGS HIM UP [THEREBY]. R. JOSE SAID: THE POST IS LEANED AGAINST THEWALL,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And not fixed into the ground. ');">³¹</span> AND HE HANGS HIM UP AFTERTHE FASHION OF BUTCHERS. HE IS IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARDS LET DOWN. IF HE ISLEFT [HANGING] OVER NIGHT, A NEGATIVE COMMAND IS THEREBY TRANSGRESSED, FORIT IS WRITTEN, HIS BODY SHALL NOT REMAIN ALL NIGHT UPON THE TREE, BUT THOUSHALT SURELY BURY HIM THE SAME DAY FOR HE IS HANGED [BECAUSE OF] A CURSEAGAINST GOD,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Deut. XXI, 23. [H] is interpreted by the Mishnah as an objective genitive — 'a curse against God'. ');">³²</span>

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